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Robotic probe releases new video from Fukushima plant | CNN.com
Hallie Siegel
22 Apr 2015
A robotic probe into the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has retrieved crucial information on conditions inside the damaged reactor.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Fantem redesigns sensor, controller for Oomi Home-Automation System | Twice.com
Hallie Siegel
22 Apr 2015
Fantem restarted its Indiegogo fundraising campaign after redesigning the touchscreen controller and multisensor for its Oomi home-automation system, which incorporates Z-Wave and Wi-Fi. The company a...
3D Robotics Solo with Colin Guinn | YouTube
Hallie Siegel
22 Apr 2015
Colin Guinn of 3D Robotics gives us a walk though of the Solo smart droneSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Hanson Robotics’ Han humanoid debuts at Global Sources Electronics Show in Japan | CNET
Hallie Siegel
22 Apr 2015
Hanson Robotics' Han the robot made his debut at the Global Sources Electronics Fair, where he interacted with visitors, holding eye contact and conversation.https://youtu.be/HJvuzZ-kol0https://youtu....
Demonstration of a robotic kitchen using two UR5 robot arms – YouTube
Andra Keay
20 Apr 2015
UK-based Moley Robotics unveiled an autonomous kitchen machine on Hannover Messe 2015 that uses two UR5 robot arms from Universal Robots and robot hands to r...Source: www.youtube.comSee on Scoop.it -...
The value of open source simulation for robotics development and testing | DRC Blog
Hallie Siegel
17 Apr 2015
"When the DARPA Robotics Challenge first began to coalesce from an idea to a plan, we knew that we wanted to create a lasting legacy not only for robot hardware capabilities, but also for robotics sim...
Why no investor should ignore the robotics revolution | BNY Mellon
Hallie Siegel
17 Apr 2015
Global technological advances could signal the dawn of a robot revolution as automated mobile machines move beyond the factory floor into our everyday lives. Here, we assess the financial and social b...
Hollywood movies vs. the real future of AI | ZDNet
Hallie Siegel
17 Apr 2015
According to experts, the artificial intelligence popularized and propagated by Hollywood seldom reflects the direction the technology is actually headed.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
How Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton revolutionized artificial intelligence | Toronto Star
Hallie Siegel
17 Apr 2015
Artificial intelligence research using neural networks has taken off, with a $400-million boost from Google, in part thanks to Canadian Geoffrey Hinton.Hallie Siegel's insight:Really nice in depth sto...
The robotics inventors who are trying to take the ‘hard’ out of hardware | NY Times
Andra Keay
14 Apr 2015
A handful of low-budget innovators are working to reinvent rigid, heavy machines and robots with materials that are soft, light, cheap and squeezable.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Otherlab are great mo...
Wounded hero with 3D printed hand | Open Bionics
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
Our 3D printed hand has been made for a wounded soldier in the US. This is the first time a wounded warrior has worn a 3D printed bionic hand.https://youtu.be/seQPeJvXet8 See it on Scoop.it, via ...
ACM Technical Awards honor robotics innovators who are changing the world
Andra Keay
14 Apr 2015
Source: preview.acm.org
Robin Murphy is the recipient of the ACM Eugene Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contribution within Computer Science and Informatics for her pioneering work in rescue robotics...
IBM teams with Apple on artificial intelligence health program | Yahoo News
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
IBM on Monday announced alliances with Apple and others to put artificial intelligence to work drawing potentially life-saving insights from the booming amount of health data generated on personal dev...
IBM teams with Apple on artificial intelligence health program | Yahoo News
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
IBM on Monday announced alliances with Apple and others to put artificial intelligence to work drawing potentially life-saving insights from the booming amount of health data generated on personal dev...
U of Michigan to approve $54M research facility for robotics program | Michigan Daily
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
"The University’s Board of Regents will meet Thursday to approve the construction of a brand new Transportation Operation and Maintenance Facility project and the construction for a $54 million ...
Amazon rolls out Machine Learning as an AI developer tool | SlashGear
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is now offering Amazon Machine Learning (AML) to developers who are looking to use predictive modeling AI in their apps and web-services. AML has the potential to save time a...
U of Michigan to consider $54M research facility for robotics program | Toledo News
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
"The school's College of Engineering has proposed a $54 million project to build a three-story building with research laboratories, offices and classroom space for the robotics program. The Ann A...
Robots now play a key role in boosting quality, reliability & efficiency at automotive plants | Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
"Robot sales to the automotive sector have increased from 19,300 in 2009 to 69,400 in 2013, with China, Germany, the US and Japan the main takers. Indeed, a recent report by independent business infor...
Retailer Best Buy to offer smart drones by 3D Robotics
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
"Historically, 3D Robotics has always marketed and sold its technologies and devices to its end consumers through online sources. The Iris+, for instance, is available at $750 apiece at Amazon.com. In...
NEWS FLASH: AI Startups Are Reinventing Media | WIRED
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
NO TECHNOLOGY TREND today comes with more hype than artificial intelligence.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
The world’s first robotic kitchen prepares crab bisque | Ars Technica
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
"The system, made by Moley Robotics in the UK, can only make crab bisque right now—and it requires that all of the ingredients and utensils are pre-positioned perfectly. The goal, though, is to have...
How Artificial Intelligence will eliminate the need for the vast majority of life insurance agents | Forbes
Hallie Siegel
14 Apr 2015
All the professions are going to be reconfigured by artificial intelligence. The result will be fewer professionals and many of their roles “downgraded.” Advances in artificial intell...
Infographic: Medical applications for robotics | Qmed
Hallie Siegel
13 Apr 2015
"A new infographic highlighting noteworthy applications for robotics in medicine was produced by Worrell Design(Minneapolis) and physician-scientist Daniel Kraft. Included below ar...
ABB introduces YuMi collaborative robot at Hannover Messe | YouTube
Hallie Siegel
13 Apr 2015
https://youtu.be/2KfXY2SvlmQSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
3D Robotics takes on DJI with Solo ‘smart drone’
Hallie Siegel
13 Apr 2015
"If you're in the market for a camera drone, things just got real. Last week, DJI updated its ubiquitous Phantom series with a 4K video version. Today, 3D Robotics (makers of bothconsum...
Microsoft and KUKA present intelligent future generation of robotics | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Hallie Siegel
13 Apr 2015
"At Hannover Messe, Microsoft Corp. and KUKA AG, a leading manufacturer of industrial robots and automation solutions, are presenting a mutual application that shows KUKA's Intelligent Indus...
iRobot plans for robot lawn mowers causing ire with astronomers I IEEE Spectrum
Hallie Siegel
13 Apr 2015
"iRobot wants to do away with the annoying edge wire that most lawn mower robots use, but their wireless beacon proposal has angered radio astronomers."See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Amazon can finally test its delivery drones in the US
Andra Keay
11 Apr 2015
Amazon's drone team must have heaved a collective sigh of relief: the company only had to wait a few weeks for the FAA's approval this time. The agency hSource: www.engadget.comSee on Scoop.it - The R...
‘Ex Machina’ is the best movie about artificial intelligence in 40 years | Fusion.net
Andra Keay
10 Apr 2015
In the future, how will we tell if a robot has human-level intelligence?
For decades, the litmus test of choice was the Turing Test, which asks: can a computer program fool one in three judges...
What Ex Machina’s Alex Garland gets wrong about AI | Forbes
Andra Keay
10 Apr 2015
Video Ex Machina opens this weekend. Its director, Alex Garland of 28 Days Later acclaim, appeared on Marketplace today to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in the film. Garland made a...
Want people to like your robot? Read this | Forbes
Andra Keay
10 Apr 2015
Kate Darling of MIT has released a new draft research study in which she found that anthropomorphic framing --- specifically how we think about robots can affect human behavior and even may impact pub...
They’re Using Drones to Herd Sheep
Andra Keay
10 Apr 2015
Some tech-savvy farmers are opting for copters over canines; ‘you don’t have to feed it.’Source: www.wsj.comSee on Scoop.it - The Robot Times...
R2-D2’s builder Tony Dyson talks A.I., drones and why everyone needs a little robot in their house | GeekWire
Andra Keay
10 Apr 2015
There is likely no more famous – or beloved – robot than R2-D2. Along with partner C-3PO, both robots became so much more than sidekicks in the Star Wars films —… Read Mo...
IBM tries an unproven brain-inspired approach to machine learning from Palm founder, Jeff Hawkins | MIT Technology Review
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
IBM is testing a contentious idea for making computers more intelligent by trying to copy mechanisms from the human brain.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Singapore’s service-related industries to get robotics and automation boost | News Asia
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
The Singapore Industrial Automation Association and e2i ink a two-year Memorandum of Understanding to educate and train workers on robotics and automation.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Distributed Artificial Intelligence climbs out of the box | The Platform
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
"If complex artificial intelligence applications could easily be run on the fly across hundreds of thousands of compute cores around the world–and at a cost that significantly undercuts the top ...
